Hat



June 24, 1930. J, us v s 1,765,723

HAT

Filed May 8. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR Josmw/ C. 62/674 VE'Sa/VATTORNEYS June 24, 1930. J. c. GUSTAVESON HAT Filed May 8, 1929 2Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS lflllllllllllllllllll C. G'us TAvisa/v Patented June 24, 1930 PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH C. GUSTAVESON, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

HAT

Application filed Ma 8,

This invention relates to improvements in hats, and has particularreference-to mens hats.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved ventilating meansfor a hat of simple and practical construction wherein a lazy-tongsarrangement is employed to constitute the head-engaging band so thatsaid band may be readily adjusted to properly lit the head of the wearerand thereby allow for an ellicient circulation of air when the hat isbeing worn.

Another object is to mount an adjustable head-engaging band in the crownof a hat by supporting the same upon one or more mounting plates each ofwhich is designed to receive and retain in cooperative relationtherewith a portion of said band whereby the same cannot becomeinadvertently detached from the crown.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the followingdetailed description, when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, which illustrate preferred embodiments of the inventive idea.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a transverse section through a h atconstructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a bottom plan View thereof;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2; I

Figure 4 is a plan view of one of the mounting plates for thehead-engaging band;

Fi ure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary View, partly in section, of thehead-engaging band and the adjusting means therefor;

Figure 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Figure 5;

Figure 7 is an enlarged transverse section through one of the elementsconstituting the head-engaging band;

Figure 8 is a View similar to Figure 6, showing a slightly differentform of the in- '45 vention and Figure 9 is a perspective View of aportion of the head-engaging band showing a protective plate attachedthereto.

The invention is illustrated in connection so with a mans straw hat, butits application 1929. Serial No. 361,306.

to other types of hats will be understood from the followingdescription.

In carrying out the invention there is mounted in the interior of thecrown 10 of the hat a head-engaging band, generally'indicated by thenumeral 11. This band is designed to replace the ordinary sweatband ofthe hat and to afford an adequate circulation of air through the hat byproviding the crown thereof with ventilating openings 12. r

7, so as to receive and hold one extremity of a flexible bowed finger16, the free portion of which is adapted to engage and conform to-thecontour of the head, thevarious fingers being spaced apartso'as topermit the passage of air between the same when the band is in positionwithin the crown.

To mount the band within the crownof the hat for circumferentialadjustment therein, the invention provides a number of mounting plates17, such as shown in Figure 4, each of which has a plurality of prongs18extending therefromand adapted to be bent andengaged'in the crown 10 tosecure the platein positionr Said plate is slightly curved to conform tothe contour "of the crown and is provided longitudinally thereof withaslot 19 to receive a stud 20 which forms the in- 9atermediate pivot fortwo of the arms-13 and 14. At one end of theslot 19 the plate 17 hasstruck therefrom a resilient locking tongue 2-1 which yields underpressure of the stud 20 when the band is being mounted in position topermit of insertion of the stud into the slot, but which restores to aposition relative to the slot that will prevent detachment of said studfrom the plate. With the band thus supported in position, the lazy-tongsmay be adjusted to expand or contract the band and during such movementsthe studs 20 will slide back and forth in the slots of their respectivemounting plates. For the purpose of adjusting the lazy-tongs two of thearms 13 adjacent each other are formed with extensions 21 and 22, theformer having a lug 23 pivoted thereto and the latter extension havingthe lug 24: pivotally and detachably connected thereto. The lugs 28 and24: are connected'by the oppositely screw threaded rod 25 having the nut26 thereon which is adapted to be turned in order to rotate said rodwhereby the extensions 21 and 22 are adjusted toward and away from eachother to contract or expand the lazy-tongs throughout the entirecircumference of the hand. 7

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figure 8, the arms 14 of thelazy-tongs, instead of being channeled as above described, have thebowed fingers 16 formed integrally therewith. Otherwise the constructionof the band of this embodiment is the same as described in connectionwith Figure 5.

If desired, the fingers 16 which engage across the forehead may havesecured thereto a thin perforated protective plate 27 (Figure 9) whichso engages the forehead as to prevent the formation of temporaryimpressions of the fingers 16 in the skin when the hat is being worn.The plate 27 is bent upon itself along its lower edge, as indicated at28, and is provided in its upper edge with a JOSEPH C. GUSTAVESON.

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plurality of spaced lugs 29 which snap into v small notches 30 formed inthe edges of the fingers 16 so as to hold the plate in position on saidfingers.

A band or trimming 31 may be secured in the crown of the hat adjacentthe rim and covers the lower portion of the lazy-tongs construction, asbest shown in Figures 5 and 6.

lVhat is claimed is: r

1. In a hat, a crown, a head-engaging band in said crown including alazy-tongs, and a plurality of bowed fingers forming extensions ofcertain of the arms of Said lazy-tongs and having their free endsadapted for engagement with the head of the wearer.

2. In a hat, a crown, a head-engagingband in said crown comprising alazy-tongs, certain arms of which are channeled, and flexible fingerseach having one end mounted in the channel of one of said arms and itsfree end adapted for engagement with the head of the wearer.

3. In a hat, a crown, a head-engaging band in said crown including alazy-tongs, adjacent arms of which are formed with extensions, anoppositely screw threaded rod connecting said extensions, means to turnsaid rod to adjust said extensions in opposite directions to vary thesize of said band, and a plurality of bowed fingers carried by saidlazy-tongs for engagement with the head of the wearer.

